Chapter 9: Q.23 (page 548)
You read that a statistical test at significance level=0.05 has power 0.78. What are the probabilities of Type I and Type II errors for this test?
Short Answer
The probabilities are Type I = and Type II error =
Chapter 9: Q.23 (page 548)
You read that a statistical test at significance level=0.05 has power 0.78. What are the probabilities of Type I and Type II errors for this test?
The probabilities are Type I = and Type II error =
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(d) A confidence interval for will include the value
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